Episode 9 – The Buddha

Likeness of Siddhartha Gautama inexplicably floating over a mountain…

On this episode of the podcast, we learn about the life of Siddhartha Gautama and his Heisenberg-esque transformation into Buddha. We learn how Buddha left a lifestyle of being fed grapes and being fanned with palm leaves to pursue a life of celibacy, starvation, and sleep deprivation. We also learn about how Buddha reached enlightenment while sitting beneath a fruit tree a la Sir Isaac Newton, and about the four noble truths which he believed were the key to ending human suffering once and for all. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

Philosophize This! What is it about family that makes their relationship with you superior to those between you and your closest friends? Or are they your closest friends? Answer in the comments section below.